Georgia Jams
Vendor
We don’t actually make jams, jellies, or preserves. Our product is considered a “fruit spread” as the brix, or sugar content doesn’t meet the minimum requirement for jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, or fruit butter.
We focus on quality, fruit first is our motto. We create spreads that taste more like the fruit they are made from, not just sugar.
By starting with the highest quality, sun ripened fruit we are able to make low sugar fruit spreads that taste simply amazing.
Georgia Jams contain no additives, preservatives, artificial colors, or artificial flavors. We produce Georgia Jams in a Department of Agriculture certified kitchen in Griffin, GA. Georgia Jams are naturally gluten free, nut-free, vegan, and vegetarian (some contain honey).
This is our production address. We manufacture our spreads at UGA, Griffin. We do not retail from this address.
Lori Bean, the founder of Georgia Jams, is classically trained pastry chef, graduating from Florida Culinary Institute in 2008. She made her way back to Georgia soon after pastry school and started dabbling in preserving that summer. Her dad gave her a copy of the Ball Blue Book (the handbook on canning and preserving), his grandmother’s old canning tools, and a little guidance to set her off in the right direction. The first batch of jelly was made from muscadines from a friend's vine, and it was not a success. Those early batches left lots of room for improvement. Learning from her mistakes, she started producing batches worth eating. That “worth eating” product quickly developed into a line of low-sugar fruit spreads that will change your idea of what jam should be.
Georgia Jams has received recognition from national awards including:
Garden and Gun Magazine's Made In the South Award - Habanero Peach Spread
Good Food Award - Lemon Ginger Spread
International Flavor Award - Ramblin' Red Pepper Spread
Flavor of Georgia Winner - Georgia Scorcher Pepper Spread
Flavor of Georgia Winner - Summer Berries and Wine
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